/u/another_user_name posted this list a while back. Actual aerospace textbooks are towards the bottom but you'll need a working knowledge of the prereqs first.

Non-core/Pre-reqs:

Mathematics:

Calculus.

1-4) Calculus, Stewart -- This is a very common book and I felt it was ok, but there's mixed opinions about it. Try to get a cheap, used copy.

1-4) Calculus, A New Horizon, Anton -- This is highly valued by many people, but I haven't read it.

1-4) Essential Calculus With Applications, Silverman -- Dover book.

More discussion in this reddit thread.

Linear Algebra

3) Linear Algebra and Its Applications,Lay -- I had this one in school. I think it was decent.

3) Linear Algebra, Shilov -- Dover book.

Differential Equations

4) An Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations, Coddington -- Dover book, highly reviewed on Amazon.

G) Partial Differential Equations, Evans

G) Partial Differential Equations For Scientists and Engineers, Farlow

More discussion here.

Numerical Analysis

5) Numerical Analysis, Burden and Faires

Chemistry:

1. General Chemistry, Pauling is a good, low cost choice. I'm not sure what we used in school.
   
   

   Physics:
   

   
   2-4) Physics, Cutnel -- This was highly recommended, but I've not read it.
   
   

   Programming:
   

   
   

   Introductory Programming
   

   
   Programming is becoming unavoidable as an engineering skill. I think Python is a strong introductory language that's got a lot of uses in industry.
   
   

2. Learning Python, Lutz
   
   
3. Learn Python the Hard Way, Shaw -- Gaining popularity, also free online.
   
   

   Core Curriculum:
   

   
   

   Introduction:
   

   
   

4. Introduction to Flight, Anderson
   
   

   Aerodynamics:
   

   
   

5. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Fox, Pritchard McDonald
   
   
6. Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, Anderson
   
   
7. Theory of Wing Sections, Abbot and von Doenhoff -- Dover book, but very good for what it is.
   
   
8. Aerodynamics for Engineers, Bertin and Cummings -- Didn't use this as the text (used Anderson instead) but it's got more on stuff like Vortex Lattice Methods.
   
   
9. Modern Compressible Flow: With Historical Perspective, Anderson
   
   
10. Computational Fluid Dynamics, Anderson
    
    

    Thermodynamics, Heat transfer and Propulsion:
    

    
    

11. Introduction to Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, Cengel
    
    
12. Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion, Hill and Peterson
    
    

    Flight Mechanics, Stability and Control
    

    
    5+) Flight Stability and Automatic Control, Nelson
    
    5+)[Performance, Stability, Dynamics, and Control of Airplanes, Second Edition](http://www.amazon.com/Performance-Stability-Dynamics-Airplanes-Education/dp/1563475839/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315534435&sr=8-1, Pamadi) -- I gather this is better than Nelson
    
    

13. Airplane Aerodynamics and Performance, Roskam and Lan
    
    

    Engineering Mechanics and Structures:
    

    
    3-4) Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics, Hibbeler
    
    

14. Mechanics of Materials, Hibbeler
    
    
15. Mechanical Vibrations, Rao
    
    
16. Practical Stress Analysis for Design Engineers: Design & Analysis of Aerospace Vehicle Structures, Flabel
    
    6-8) Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures, Bruhn -- A good reference, never really used it as a text.
    
    
17. An Introduction to the Finite Element Method, Reddy
    
    G) Introduction to the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium, Malvern
    
    G) Fracture Mechanics, Anderson
    
    G) Mechanics of Composite Materials, Jones
    
    

    Electrical Engineering
    

    
    

18. Electrical Engineering Principles and Applications, Hambley
    
    

    Design and Optimization
    

    
    

19. Fundamentals of Aircraft and Airship Design, Nicolai and Carinchner
    
    
20. Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach, Raymer
    
    
21. Engineering Optimization: Theory and Practice, Rao
    
    

    Space Systems
    

    
    

22. Fundamentals of Astrodynamics and Applications, Vallado
    
    
23. Introduction to Space Dynamics, Thomson -- Dover book
    
    
24. Orbital Mechanics, Prussing and Conway
    
    
25. Fundamentals of Astrodynamics, Bate, Mueller and White
    
    
26. Space Mission Analysis and Design, Wertz and Larson

I personally did not care for the Philpot book. I found the Hibbeler Mechanics of Materials book to be far superior. However, I had to purchase the online version of the textbook for my class and I found the animations for that text to be very helpful.

When it comes to the Machine Design course I really liked Machine Elements in Mechanical Design by Mott, and Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design. Machine Design by Norton was my required text for my Machine Design course and the rest of the class, including myself, found that text to be very difficult to follow. It felt like, at least in the fourth edition, the author released a new edition without thoroughly checking his examples. Therefor, about 9 weeks into the course the professor decided to switch textbooks and assigned yet another text for the class. Having fallen for that trap already, I did a quick amazon search and bought the highest rated machinery design textbook; which was the textbook by Mott.

Also, keep in mind that you don't have to spend $100 for a textbook that is not required for the class. Do as I did and purchase either an international edition or better yet and old edition for which you can easily obtain a solutions manual.

It should go without saying that there are many avenues for purchasing textbooks online. I used to frequent Abebooks, but Amazon has since bought it and I have found that their prices have began to increase. Your best bet is to use a site like Bigwords because a site like that searches many textbook websites for all of the textbooks you want, then picks the best price including things like shipping and coupon offers.

Best of luck.

I don't work with structural alloys, but I can suggest several texts that might be of interest to a structural engineer looking to study the lofty, arcane, superior art of metallurgical and materials engineering:

• "Deformation and Fracture Mechanics" Hertzberg et al. [My absolute favorite volume on mechanical behavior of materials. Full of theoretical detail, but also contains numerous case studies, failure analysis, etc. It's written in such a great way as to present deep insights while being readable. If you can't tell, I love this text].
  
  https://smile.amazon.com/Deformation-Fracture-Mechanics-Engineering-Materials/dp/0470527803
  
  
• "Corrosion and Corrosion Control" Revie and Uhlig [Good general text for corrosion science & engineering.]
  
  https://smile.amazon.com/Corrosion-Control-Revie-Winston-Hardcover/dp/B011MCRNHW/
  
  
• "Metals Handbook: Desk Edition" ASM International [Broad reference. Lacks detail on specific subjects, but is a great starting point for research]
  
  https://www.asminternational.org/search/-/journal_content/56/10192/06542G/PUBLICATION
  
  
  If you have more specific interests I can suggest others, but I don't want to bog you down in great texts on other subjects that aren't of interest to you.

Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer by Incropera is pretty much the standard text on the subject by my understanding.

I used Hibbeler for Mechanics of Materials, but Beer is also a popular choice.

Hibbeler for dynamics as well.

Larson has a pretty good calculus book, will take you from derivatives up through multivariable.

A good resource if you feel like digging deeper is the physics forums - science and math textbook forum.

Hertzberg is a great deformation and fracture book, definitely recommend owning this one.

Also, [Honeycombe and Bhadeshia] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S1L6IQ/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=1535523722&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0750680849&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1T4JXHZ7FKY6AGYPF3KH) have a great book on ferrous alloys. You should be able to find a pdf of this one, let me know if you can't.

As far as the others (online resources/organizations), I can't really comment... I just used these two textbooks in my grad-level fracture and ferrous alloys classes and quite enjoyed both books.

I'm also interested in books on these topics. Looking at some course catalogs from Georgia Tech, they have several graduate courses for these, which recommend these books:

• Anderson, "Fracture Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications"
  
• Popelar, "Advanced Fracture Mechanics"
  
• Bannantine, "Fundamentals of Metal Fatigue Analysis"
  
• Suresh, "Fatigue of Materials"
  
• Carlson, "An Introduction to Fatigue in Metals and Composites"
  
  
  Can anyone else recommend any of these or others? I have no doubt that what they're teaching is valid, given I've pulled them straight from a course catalog, but are the structured well and easy (enough) to read?

Holy cow you're speaking my language. The Janssen effect is explained fairly well in Nedderman's book.

Actually the first hit on google isn't bad at all.

If I have some free time I'll write a Wikipedia article.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Strength-Materials-Dover-Books-Physics/dp/0486607550/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1409139723&sr=1-1&keywords=strength+of+materials+hartog

hartog is good :)

I'm a student (Junior ME) so my recommendation would be better suited over at /r/engineeringstudents but if you wanted to get started on the entry level coursework. Here's where you can start.

Calculus

http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Early-Transcendentals-Stewarts-Series/dp/0495011665/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1371011569&sr=8-2&keywords=stewart+calculus+6th+edition

Physics

http://www.amazon.com/Physics-Scientists-Engineers-Strategic-Approach/dp/0321516591/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1371011593&sr=1-2&keywords=knight+physics+for+scientists+and+engineers+2nd+edition

Engineering Statics / Dynamics

http://www.amazon.com/Engineering-Mechanics-Combined-Statics-Dynamics/dp/0138149291/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1371011626&sr=1-9&keywords=hibbler+statics+dynamics

Engineering Mechanics of Materials

http://www.amazon.com/Mechanics-Materials-8th-Russell-Hibbeler/dp/0136022308/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1371011680&sr=1-1&keywords=hibbler+mechanics+of+materials

You can get an eTextbook version from Pearson at http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/mechnics-of-materials-coursesmart-etextbook-0133254690 , or a physical copy either from Pearson or Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Mechanics-Materials-Edition-Russell-Hibbeler/dp/0133254429). If you want a free copy, check your library.

There are a variety of introductory materials science books. The one by Callister is probably the most widely used, at least in the U.S., but personally I prefer Ashby and Jones.

The University of Cambridge also has a nice set of tutorials online, here.

Physics of Continuous Matter is supposed to be really good. Its been on my list for awhile.

Try the Dover reprint of Strength of Materials. https://www.amazon.com/Strength-Materials-Dover-Books-Physics-ebook/dp/B00A73AQAE/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=dover+strength+of+materials&qid=1551148311&s=gateway&sr=8-2-spell

It's old school, but I was using it to teach myself the stuff before taking the class, and it's cheap too!

Strength of Materials

Design of Wood Structures

Here's a For Dummies" version

Fractography by Hull?

I own most of these. Reddy's book is largely focused on the theoretical to be of much help to someone looking for a practical intro. Kollar or Barbero would be useful. I don't own Kasapoglou.

Hyer also has an intro book that is what I used when i took my first undergraduate intro class many years ago. I found it useful and still refer to it from time to time today.

EDIT: Some search keywords for basic laminate analysis for a beginner would be "Classical lamination theory" and perhaps Kirchhoff plate theory (or Kirchhoff-Love plate theory). For failure analysis, "composite failure criterion" and some of the more common failure criteria are Tsai-Hill, Tsai-Wu, Hashin, Hashin-Rotem. Discount method or ply-by-ply discount method is a common way of performing a basic failure analysis of a laminated composite structure.

If I were you, I'd pick up Hyer's book and take a look at DOT/FAA/AR-95/109. Those would probably be a good place to start, presuming you have a basic engineering background.

Not the same focus area, but for aerospace structural references Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain, Michael Niu Airframe analysis and Sizing and the aircraft engineers bible.